Klopp spent Friday morning putting his players through their paces at La Manga’s football complex.

There is a practice match planned for Saturday with the Reds training again on Sunday before flying home to Merseyside.

Klopp knew exactly what he was getting when he picked La Manga for Liverpool’s training camp.

“I came here five years in a row with Dortmund,” he said.

“When you go on a camp it’s important that you know about the environment and I know this place pretty well.

“It’s the perfect place for a camp. That’s why there are always so many Scandinavian teams here and international youth teams too.

“The pitches are good, the hotel is good and they are used to having football teams here. We need good pitches, good balls, good players and we’ve got that.

“It was a late decision but when I heard that La Manga was possible I didn’t want to know about the other options.

“We looked into Scotland and Ireland but we needed to know that the weather would be okay to work outside so Spain was the best option.”

As well as the work on the field, Klopp has placed a strong emphasis on team building on this trip.

From forfeits for losing the six-a-side tournament to games of tennis and pulling names out of a hat to determine who would be sharing rooms.

The manager prides himself on Liverpool’s unity and spirit, which will need to come to the fore if they are going to kick on and land that top-four finish.

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“When you work hard you need to have some time to enjoy other things,” Klopp added.

“When we’re at home the players organise their own private life, but in a camp we have to do it. You have to use the time. We don’t have to drive anywhere. Here there is no private life, we are on duty all the time.

“It’s not the longest period in the world but it’s nice to have the time together and we really appreciate it.

“Not so nice is the fact that Dejan Lovren isn’t involved and we had to send Daniel Sturridge home due to illness – that’s not too cool.

“There are little knocks for one or two players but that’s not a problem. Being together is really important.

“Everything has been perfectly organised. We’ve had a few meetings and we’ll have a few more of them. I’m enjoying it and I think the players are too.

“The weather isn’t world class but it’s perfect to train. It’s not that often you get the chance to cycle to training. English teams don’t get the chance to do things like this very often.

“We would spend nine days here in the winter break when I was at Dortmund. We always enjoyed it and we always felt the benefit of it.

“This trip is only for four days but we’ve been able to achieve a lot.”